The Foreign & Commonwealth Office website has not published an updated monthly London Diplomatic List since July 2012 . Why ? Will they pretend that this is somehow due to the Olympics ?
See the Spy Blog London Diplomatic List archive
Information Rights Team
Information Management Group
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Old Admiralty Building
Room SG120London
SW1A 2PA
E-mail: dp-foi.img@fco.gov.ukSaturday 6th October 2012
Dear Sirs
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please disclose the
following information:----------------------
1) The current "London Diplomatic List" and the "current list of
Consular Offices outside London" for October 20122) The "London Diplomatic List" and the "current list of Consular
Offices outside London" for August 20123) The "London Diplomatic List" and the "current list of Consular
Offices outside London" for September 2012References:
Foreign & Commonwealth Office public website Foreign Embassies in
the UKhttp://www.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/what-we-do/protocol/embassies-in-uk/
http://www.fco.gov.uk/resources/en/protocol/Consulates
The last published list appears to be from July 2012
http://www.fco.gov.uk/resources/en/protocol/ldl-july
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Please provide the requested information, ideally by publishing it
on your public world wide website, or alternatively by email.Ideally this should *not* be in the form of a "copy and paste"
locked Adobe .pdf file, or similar, attachment.In the unlikely event that this information is not already
available in a standard electronic format, then please explain the
reasons why, when you provide the information in another format.If you are proposing to make a charge for providing the information
requested, please provide full details in advance, together with an
explanation of any proposed charge.If you decide to withhold any of the information requested, you
should clearly explain why you have done so in your response, by
reference to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 legislation.If your decision to withhold is based upon an evaluation of the
Public Interest, then you should clearly explain which public
interests you have considered and why you have decided that the
public interest in maintaining the exception(s) outweighs the
public interest in releasing the information.I look forward to receiving the information requested as soon as
possible and in any event, within the statutory 20 working days
from receipt of this email i.e. no later than Friday 2nd November
2012Yours Sincerely,